How to check iOS version?

Question

I want to check if the iOS version of the device is greater than 3.1.3 I tried things like:

[[UIDevice currentDevice].systemVersion floatValue]

but it does not work, I just want a:

if (version > 3.1.3) { }

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

As a variation of yasimturks solution, I defined one function and a few enum values instead of five macros. I find it more elegant, but that's a matter of taste.

Usage:

if (systemVersion(LessThan, @"5.0")) ...

.h file:

typedef enum {
  LessThan,
  LessOrEqual,
  Equal,
  GreaterOrEqual,
  GreaterThan,
  NotEqual
} Comparison;

BOOL systemVersion(Comparison test, NSString* version);

.m file:

BOOL systemVersion(Comparison test, NSString* version) {
  NSComparisonResult result = [[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare: version options: NSNumericSearch];
  switch (test) {
    case LessThan:       return result == NSOrderedAscending;
    case LessOrEqual:    return result != NSOrderedDescending;
    case Equal:          return result == NSOrderedSame;
    case GreaterOrEqual: return result != NSOrderedAscending;
    case GreaterThan:    return result == NSOrderedDescending;
    case NotEqual:       return result != NSOrderedSame;
  }
}

You should add your app's prefix to the names, especially to the Comparison type.

Answer 2

Just for retrieving the OS version string value:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]

Answer 3

/*
 *  System Versioning Preprocessor Macros
 */ 

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v)                  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(v)              ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v)                 ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)     ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedDescending)

/*
 *  Usage
 */ 

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"4.0")) {
    ...
}

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"3.1.1")) {
    ...
}

Answer 4

Starting Xcode 9, in Objective-C:

if (@available(iOS 11, *)) {
    // iOS 11 (or newer) ObjC code
} else {
    // iOS 10 or older code
}

Starting Xcode 7, in Swift:

if #available(iOS 11, *) {
    // iOS 11 (or newer) Swift code
} else {
    // iOS 10 or older code
}

---

For the version, you can specify the MAJOR, the MINOR or the PATCH (see http://semver.org/ for definitions). Examples:

• iOS 11 and iOS 11.0 are the same minimal version
• iOS 10, iOS 10.3, iOS 10.3.1 are different minimal versions

You can input values for any of those systems:

• iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS

Real case example taken from one of my pods:

if #available(iOS 10.0, tvOS 10.0, *) {
    // iOS 10+ and tvOS 10+ Swift code
} else {
    // iOS 9 and tvOS 9 older code
}

---

documentation

Answer 5

I always keep those in my Constants.h file:

#define IS_IPHONE5 (([[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds].size.height-568)?NO:YES) 
#define IS_OS_5_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 5.0)
#define IS_OS_6_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 6.0)
#define IS_OS_7_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 7.0)
#define IS_OS_8_OR_LATER    ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 8.0)

Answer 6

This is used to check for compatible SDK version in Xcode, this is if you have a large team with different versions of Xcode or multiple projects supporting different SDKs that share the same code:

#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 80000
  //programming in iOS 8+ SDK here
#else
  //programming in lower than iOS 8 here   
#endif

What you really want is to check the iOS version on the device. You can do that with this:

if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] < 8.0) {
  //older than iOS 8 code here
} else {
  //iOS 8 specific code here
}

Swift version:

if let version = Float(UIDevice.current.systemVersion), version < 9.3 {
    //add lower than 9.3 code here
} else {
    //add 9.3 and above code here
}

Current versions of swift should be using this:

if #available(iOS 12, *) {
    //iOS 12 specific code here
} else {
    //older than iOS 12 code here
}